[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2657 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 2657
To impose sanctions relating to the support of the People's Republic of
China for the invasion of Ukraine by the Russian Federation, and for
other purposes.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
August 1, 2025
Mrs. Shaheen (for herself and Mr. Cornyn) introduced the following
bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign
Relations
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A BILL
To impose sanctions relating to the support of the People's Republic of
China for the invasion of Ukraine by the Russian Federation, and for
other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Severing Technology Transfer
Operations and Partnerships between China and Russia Act of 2025'' or
the ``STOP China and Russia Act of 2025''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Admission; admitted; alien; etc.--The terms
``admission'', ``admitted'', ``alien'', ``lawfully admitted for
permanent residence'', and ``national'' have the meanings given
those terms in section 101 of the Immigration and Nationality
Act (8 U.S.C. 1101).
(2) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term
``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
(A) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the
Senate; and
(B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the
Committee on Financial Services of the House of
Representatives.
(3) PRC person.--The term ``PRC person'' means--
(A) an individual who is a citizen or national of
the People's Republic of China; or
(B) an entity that--
(i) is located or headquartered within the
People's Republic of China; or
(ii) is organized under the law of, or
otherwise subject to the jurisdiction of, the
People's Republic of China.
(4) Foreign person.--The term ``foreign person'' means any
person that is not a United States person.
(5) Knowingly.--The term ``knowingly'', with respect to
conduct, a circumstance, or a result, means that a person has
actual knowledge, or should have known, of the conduct, the
circumstance, or the result (as the case may be).
(6) Person.--The term ``person'' means an individual or
entity.
(7) United states person.--The term ``United States
person'' means--
(A) a United States citizen or an alien lawfully
admitted for permanent residence to the United States;
(B) an entity organized under the laws of the
United States or any jurisdiction within the United
States, including a foreign branch of such an entity;
or
(C) any person in the United States.
SEC. 3. FINDINGS; SENSE OF CONGRESS.
(a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
(1) Between June 28, 2022, and January 15, 2025, with
strong bipartisan support, the Office of Foreign Assets Control
of the Department of the Treasury and the Department of State
designated, for the imposition of sanctions, a wide range of
entities and individuals based in the People's Republic of
China that have been involved in supplying goods to Russian
entities responsible for developing, producing, and supplying
items critical to the defense industrial base of the Russian
Federation. Those designations targeted, among other entities,
producers and exporters of computer numerical control items,
electro-optical equipment, radar components, satellite imagery,
aviation components, chemical ingredients in Russian
explosives, and other defense and dual-use equipment and
technology critical to the Russian Federation's defense
industrial base.
(2) Entities and individuals based in the People's Republic
of China continue to evade United States sanctions to provide
material support to the defense industrial base of the Russian
Federation.
(3) Under Executive Order 13959 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note;
related to addressing the threat from securities investments
that finance Communist Chinese military companies), the
President found that the People's Republic of China ``increases
the size of the country's military-industrial complex by
compelling civilian Chinese companies to support its military
and intelligence activities. Those companies, though remaining
ostensibly private and civilian, directly support the PRC's
military, intelligence, and security apparatuses and aid in
their development and modernization.''.
(4) Ongoing support for the defense industrial base of the
Russian Federation by the People's Republic of China requires
concerted action by the Department of the Treasury and the
Department of State to protect the national security of the
United States.
(b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
(1) the Russian Federation's continued invasion of Ukraine
is directly enabled by the ongoing support of the People's
Republic of China for the defense industrial base of the
Russian Federation; and
(2) in response, and to impede the support of the People's
Republic of China for the Russian Federation's war against
Ukraine, the President should--
(A) cut off financing avenues for entities in the
People's Republic of China that are providing material
support to the defense and related sectors of the
economy of the Russian Federation;
(B) impose sanctions with respect to entities and
individuals in the People's Republic of China involved
in the export of weapons and dual-use technology to the
Russian Federation;
(C) determine whether the United States should
impose sanctions with respect to major arms exporters
in the People's Republic of China for aiding the
defense industrial base of the Russian Federation; and
(D) develop a strategy to coordinate with allies
and partners of the United States to deter and
undermine the ongoing support of the People's Republic
of China for the Russian Federation's war in Ukraine.
SEC. 4. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS RELATING TO SUPPORT BY THE PEOPLE'S
REPUBLIC OF CHINA FOR THE DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL BASE OF THE
RUSSIAN FEDERATION.
(a) In General.--On and after the date that is 90 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall impose the
sanctions described in subsection (b) with respect to a foreign person
the President determines--
(1) is a PRC person or is under the control of a PRC
person; and
(2) that knowingly sells, leases, provides, or facilitates
selling, leasing, or providing, goods or services to or for the
ultimate use by the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation or
the defense industrial base of the Russian Federation,
including--
(A) computer numerical control tools and associated
machinery, software, and maintenance or upgrade
services;
(B) lubricant additives;
(C) nitrocellulose, wood cellulose, and associated
additives and components necessary for the production
of propellant or energetics for munitions;
(D) chemical coatings;
(E) fiber optic cables with military applications
and associated technologies needed to manufacture such
cables; or
(F) advanced sensors.
(b) Sanctions Described.--
(1) Property blocking.--The President shall exercise all of
the powers granted by the International Emergency Economic
Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) to the extent necessary to
block and prohibit all transactions in all property and
interests in property of a foreign person described in
subsection (a) if such property and interests in property are
in the United States, come within the United States, or are or
come within the possession or control of a United States
person.
(2) Aliens inadmissible for visas, admission, or parole.--
(A) In general.--In the case of an alien described
in subsection (a), the alien is--
(i) inadmissible to the United States;
(ii) ineligible to receive a visa or other
documentation to enter the United States; and
(iii) otherwise ineligible to be admitted
or paroled into the United States or to receive
any other benefit under the Immigration and
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.).
(B) Current visas revoked.--
(i) In general.--The visa or other entry
documentation of an alien described in
subsection (a) shall be revoked, regardless of
when such visa or other entry documentation is
or was issued.
(ii) Immediate effect.--A revocation under
clause (i) shall--
(I) take effect immediately; and
(II) automatically cancel any other
valid visa or entry documentation that
is in the alien's possession.
(c) Implementation; Penalties.--
(1) Implementation.--The President may exercise the
authorities provided to the President under sections 203 and
205 of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50
U.S.C. 1702 and 1704) to the extent necessary to carry out this
Act.
(2) Regulations.--The President shall issue such
regulations, licenses, and orders as are necessary to carry out
this Act.
(3) Penalties.--The penalties provided for in subsections
(b) and (c) of section 206 of the International Emergency
Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) shall apply to any person
that violates, attempts to violate, conspires to violate, or
causes a violation of this section, or any license, order,
regulation, or prohibition issued under this section, to the
same extent that such penalties apply to a person that commits
an unlawful act described in section 206(a) of such Act (50
U.S.C. 1705(a)).
(d) Exceptions.--
(1) Exception for intelligence and law enforcement
actions.--Sanctions under this section shall not apply with
respect to--
(A) any activity subject to the reporting
requirements under title V of the National Security Act
of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3091 et seq.); or
(B) any authorized intelligence or law enforcement
activities of the United States.
(2) Exception to comply with international obligations.--
Sanctions under this section shall not apply to the admission
or parole of an alien into the United States if such admission
or parole is necessary to comply with United States obligations
under the Agreement between the United Nations and the United
States of America regarding the Headquarters of the United
Nations, signed at Lake Success June 26, 1947, and entered into
force November 21, 1947, or under the Convention on Consular
Relations, done at Vienna April 24, 1963, and entered into
force March 19, 1967, or other international obligations.
(3) Exception relating to importation of goods.--
(A) In general.--The authorities and requirements
to impose sanctions authorized under this section shall
not include the authority or requirement to impose
sanctions on the importation of goods.
(B) Good defined.--In this paragraph, the term
``good'' means any article, natural or manmade
substance, material, supply or manufactured product,
including inspection and test equipment, and excluding
technical data.
(e) Waiver.--The President may waive the application of sanctions
under this section with respect to a foreign person for renewable
periods of not more than 90 days each if the President determines and
reports to Congress that such a waiver is in the national interests of
the United States.
SEC. 5. DETERMINATION OF SANCTIONS ON ARMS MANUFACTURERS OF THE
PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA ENGAGED IN WEAPONS SALES TO
THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION.
(a) Determination.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the President shall, with respect to each entity
specified in subsection (b)--
(1) submit to the appropriate congressional committees a
determination of whether the entity engages in activities
described in subsection (c); and
(2) if the President determines the entity engages in such
activities, impose the sanctions described in section 4(b) with
respect to the entity.
(b) Entities Specified.--The entities specified in this subsection
are the following:
(1) China North Industries Group Corporation.
(2) Aviation Industry Corporation of China.
(3) China Electronics Technology Group Corporation.
(4) China South Industries Group Corporation.
(5) China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation.
(6) China General Nuclear Power Group.
(7) China National Nuclear Corporation.
(8) China State Shipbuilding Corporation.
(c) Activities Described.--The activities described in this
subsection are providing, selling, transporting, or facilitating the
sale or transport of--
(1) arms, weapons, weapons systems, or component parts for
such arms, weapons, or weapons systems, to any entity in the
Russian Federation or for ultimate use by the Armed Forces of
the Russian Federation; or
(2) any goods described in section 4(a)(2).
SEC. 6. STRATEGY TO COORDINATE WITH ALLIES AND PARTNERS TO DETER AND
UNDERMINE ONGOING SUPPORT OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF
CHINA FOR THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION'S WAR IN UKRAINE.
(a) Strategy Required.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 30 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in
consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, shall submit
to the appropriate congressional committees a strategy to
engage with allies and partners of the United States with
respect to the development of coordinated diplomatic,
sanctions, export control, and other actions to deter and
undermine the ongoing support of the People's Republic of China
for the defense industrial base of the Russian Federation.
(2) Elements.--The strategy required by paragraph (1) shall
include the following:
(A) A diplomatic plan entailing regular and
intensive United States engagement with allies and
partners of the United States, including the European
Union and its member states, the United Kingdom, Japan,
South Korea, Australia, and New Zealand, regarding
coordinated sanctions and export control actions
designed to deter and undermine the ongoing support of
the People's Republic of China for the defense
industrial base of the Russian Federation.
(B) A plan to engage in concert with allies and
partners of the United States, collectively and
individually, and, as appropriate, with financial
institutions, financial regulators, and private sector
entities, regarding compliance with existing and future
sanctions and export controls designed to deter and
undermine the ongoing support of the People's Republic
of China for the defense industrial base of the Russian
Federation.
(b) Progress Reports.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, and every 90 days thereafter, the Secretary of
State, in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, shall submit
to the appropriate congressional committees a report on the progress of
implementation of the strategy required by subsection (a) that includes
an assessment of the efficacy of the strategy in deterring and
undermining the ongoing support of the People's Republic of China for
the defense industrial base of the Russian Federation.
(c) Form.--The strategy required by subsection (a), and each report
required by subsection (b), shall be submitted in unclassified form,
but may include a classified annex.
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